Agency staff to join Birmingham bin strike over bullying and harassment claims

Workers hired to cover long-running dispute will take part in industrial action after alleging unsafe workloads

Agency staff brought in as cover during the long-running bin strikes in Birmingham will join the picket line for the first time over claims of bullying and harassment.

Hundreds of refuse workers have taken part in an all-out strike in the city since March in a dispute over pay and jobs, prompting the council to declare a “major incident”.